Surveillance video shows Deonte Anderson attacking officer as he's being booked into a holding area for an armed robbery charge

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Updated: 11:23 AM CST Jan 4, 2017

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AND RENTERS WITH VERY
DEEP POCKETS ARE LOOKING FOR
LOCAL HOMES.
HOW YOU COULD MAKE THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS A NIGHT.
ONLY ON 12, AN INMATE VIOLENTLY
ATTACKS A RACINE COUNTY
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER KNOCKING
HIM TO THE GROUND.
PATRICK: AND CHRISTINA PALLADINO
HAS THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO.
>> SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM
INSIDE THE RACINE COUNTY JAIL
SHOWS 17-YEAR-OLD DEONTE
ANDERSON BEING BOOKED INTO THE
HOLDING AREA FOR AN ARMED
ROBBERY CHARGE THEN HE PUNCHES A
, CORRECTIONS OFFICER.
>> FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AND AS A
SURPRISE TO MY STAFF HE TURNED,
AND IT BECAME VERY VIOLENT VERY
QUICKLY.
>> THE OFFICER WAS SUCKER
PUNCHED TO THE FACE AND KNOCKED
TO THE GROUND.
YOU CAN SEE HIS PARTNER QUICKLY
GETS ANDERSON UNDER CONTROL AS
OTHER DEPUTIES RUSH TO HELP.
>> MY OFFICERS VERY QUICKLY
REACTED AND BROUGHT HIM DOWN AND
ARRESTED HIM AND JUST TO LOOK
BACK AT THIS IT UNDERSCORES JUST
, HOW DANGEROUS A JOB THESE
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS HAVE EACH
IN EVERY DAY.
>> SCHMALING SAYS THE INMATE
BECAME SO VIOLENT AND
UNCONTROLLABLE HE HAD TO GO INTO
THIS RESTRAINT CHAIR UNTIL HE
COME DOWN BUT THAT DIDN'T LAST
, LONG.
ANDERSON CONTINUED TO CAUSE
OUTBURSTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
SO DEPUTIES ARE KEEPING HIM IN
THIS PADDED CELL.
HE YELLED AT US WHILE WE
REPORTED THIS STORY.
SCHAMLING SAY THE OFFICER WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET
CHECKED OUT.
HE WAS BACK ON THE JOB TODAY.
IN RACINE COUNTY, CHRISTINA

Inmate attacks Racine County corrections officer

Surveillance video shows Deonte Anderson attacking officer as he's being booked into a holding area for an armed robbery charge

An inmate knocked a Racine County correctional officer to the ground in a violent attack captured on surveillance video obtained by WISN 12 NEWS.

The video shows Deonte Anderson, 17, being booked into the holding area for an armed robbery charge shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday. In an instant, Anderson turned and gives the officer a sucker punch to the face, the video shows.

"For unknown reasons and as a surprise to my staff he turned and it became very violent very quickly," Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said.

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The officer’s partner quickly got Anderson under control as other deputies rushed to help.

"My officers very quickly reacted and brought him down and arrested him, and just to look back at this it underscores just how dangerous a job these correctional officers have each in every day," Schmaling said.

Schmaling said the inmate became so violent and uncontrollable that he had to go into a restraint chair until he calmed down.

That didn’t last long.

Anderson continued to cause outbursts throughout the night so deputies kept him in a padded cell.

Schamling said the officer was taken to the hospital to get checked out.

He was back on the job Wednesday.

In addition to the armed robbery charge, Anderson will now face battery charges to the officer.